Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 16, 1958
Place of Birth
Bay City, Michigan, USA
Credits
198 titles
Madonna
Biography
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy. Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation. Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. On May 4, 2024, with a free concert which was live streamed at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in front of 1.6 million people, Madonna broke the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist.
Known For
Filmography
Madonna + Graham
Self
Confessions II - Live in NYC
Confessions II – The Film
Self
Grindr Presents: Madonna LIVE in New York
Self
Motive
Music
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Self (archive footage)
RTL Tonight
Self (Video footage)
Rebel of Pop: Madonna
Self (archive footage)
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio (Behind-the-scenes)
Self
Funeral Rites
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Madonna
Self (archive footage)
In Vogue: The 90s
Self (archive footage)
Avicii - I'm Tim
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madonna: The Celebration Tour in Rio
Self
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Madonna X Vanity Fair – The Enlightenment
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
In France with Madonna
Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Madonna
Self
Kylie Minogue V The Bee Gees
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Self (Archive footage)
Madonna at the BBC
Self
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Self
Madonna: Madame X
Self - Performer
Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part
Self
Madonna: Move to the Music
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
History 101
Self (archive footage)
The A-Z of Eurovision
Self - Presenter (archive footage)
Beastie Boys Story
Self (archive footage)
The Last Dance
Self (archive footage)
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Self (archive footage)
The BRITs at 40
Self (archive footage)
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Self (archive footage)
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
Self (archive footage)
Madonna: World of Madame X
Self
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Madonna and the Breakfast Club
Self (archive footage)
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Self (archive footage)
The 90s Greatest
self (archive footage)
Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie
Self (archive footage)
Avicii: True Stories
Self
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)